AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Switzerland > Brookite (twinned crystals) on Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 38043 |
Mineral: | Brookite (twinned crystals) on Quartz |
Locality: | St. Gotthard, Kanton Uri, Switzerland |
Description: | Lustrous colorless quartz crystals up to 15 mm intergrown with translucent dark red-brown translucent bladed brookite crystals up to 13 mm. The brookite crystals actually grow completely through the quartz and are twinned on the {011} plane. |
Overall Size: | 4.5x4x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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